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 94 STAT. 3478

16 USC 669g-l.

48 USC 1681 note. Suspension and effective date.

PUBLIC LAW 96-597—DEC. 24, 1980

ana Islands,"; by deleting "Samoa one-third of 1 per centum," and inserting in lieu thereof "Samoa one-third of 1 per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-third of 1 per centum,"; and by deleting "expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam," and inserting in lieu thereof "expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,". (b) Section 8(a) of the Act of September 2, 1937 as added August 18, 1941 (55 Stat. 632), as amended, is further amended by deleting "Governor of Guam," and inserting in lieu thereof "Governor of Guam, the Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,"; by deleting "apportion to Puerto Rico, Guam," and inserting in lieu thereof "apportion to Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,"; by deleting "Guam onesixth of 1 per centum," and inserting in lieu thereof "Guam one-sixth of 1 per centum, for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands one-sixth of 1 per centum,"; and by deleting "expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam," and inserting in lieu thereof "expenditure in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,". SEC. 303. (a) The Act of March 12, 1980 (Public Law 96-205; 94 Stat. 87) is hereby amended as follows: In section 205(a) change "and before January 1, 1981." to "until, but not after, January 1, 1983.". (b) The provisions of section 205(c) shall be suspended and shall be of no force or effect until January 1, 1983. TITLE IV—TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS

48 USC 1681 note.

Property transfer. 48 USC 1681 note.

SEC. 401. Section 101 of the Act of March 12, 1980 (94 Stat. 84), is amended by changing the commas after "program" and "svstem" to semicolons; by deleting the word "and' after "system'; and by inserting after "Ponape;" the following: "for expenditure by grant or contract for the installation, operation, and maintenance of communications systems which will provide internal and external communications;". SEC. 402. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to valid existing rights, and subject to subsection (b) of this section, all right, title, and interest of the Government of the United States in personal property situated in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and of the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in personal property wherever located shall be transferred, without reimbursement, by October 1, 1982, to the government of the Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, the Marshall Islands, or the Federated States of Micronesia according to a list of distribution established by the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in consultation with the recipient government. (b) Personal property referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be transferred upon declaration by the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands that such property is surplus to the needs of the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which declaration shall be approved, if applicable, by the head of the agency of the Government of the United States having administrative responsibility for the property. (c) If no government exists in Palau at the time of enactment of this section that is capable of receiving title to such property in its own name, the government of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands shall hold such property in trust for the prospective government of Palau until such government is established.

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